Hello everyone! Here's the next chapter and I hope you all will enjoy it! =D Sorry about the super late update but I kinda got super swamped with school an other things.

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Naruto: ahh… Gaara…

Sasuke: what was that?!

Naruto: Oh uh! Nothing Sasuke!

Sasuke: humph.. (walks away)

Naruto: Sasuke come back!

Urahara: that was very weird but yeah, anyways…

Summary of last chapter: "Naruto-sama?… are you alright?" she questioned , but only received the retreating back of the blond heading in the opposite direction. She saw the marks on his face and wrists, making her cringe. She saw the silky smooth tanned skin, and blushed at the sight, (drools) throwing herself in a daze. She slapped her cheeks before running off towards Sasuke's room, so she could inform him of what she just witnessed.

"Sasuke-sama!" the blond yelled when she caught the raven leaving his room. "Sasuke-sama, I just saw Naruto-san running down the hall! He was covered in marks and he was completely naked too." she said as she caught her breath. Sasuke didn't need any other information and ran off in that direction.

He sped through the corridors, glimpsing at each one to see if any of the doors were tampered with. The raven caught one of the doors slightly wedged opened. He quietly crept up to the door and listened, to see if there was anyone inside. Sure enough he could here the muffled cries and soothing words inside. He knocked on the door softly, but loud enough so that they could hear. The older man inside muttered a small 'enter' and Sasuke suddenly swung the door open to reveal his blond cradled in the arms of his overprotective teacher.

"Sasuke-sama.." were the only words the petite brunette spoke, as he glared intently at him. Sasuke thanked the heavens that Naruto's teacher came during the right time. He knew the clothes his blond wore were his sensei's because they were just a tab bit bigger than his body and the jeans fit loosely around his hips, showing off his tanned waist nicely.

"Iruka-sensei, thank you for finding Naruto…" Sasuke muttered as his eyes traveled down to the floor as if he felt ashamed. He couldn't quite shake the felling of guilt well up inside of his chest when he caught sight of Naruto crying.

"It's okay Sasuke-kun. It's the least I could do." he said sweetly while patting the blond messy hair.

Naruto had heard Sasuke come in and noticed the painful expression Sasuke wore when he thank Iruka. He didn't mean to run away like that… He just couldn't handle all the emotions swelling up inside of him. He still wasn't ready to take the next step with Sasuke just yet and the whole encounter which Neji didn't help much either.

Sasuke-kun. Since I'm here anyways. I think we should get going right? don't you have a sensei to get to?" Iruka ushered a little to happily.

Sasuke scoffed lightly when he thought of the two teachers together and knew that, that's what Iruka really wanted. He glimpsed at Naruto once again and sighed before deciding to go back toward his room, but was pulled from his thoughts when Iruka and Naruto called for him at the same time.

"Sasuke…" they said simultaneously. "We have something to tell you.." Iruka said softly letting a smile grace his lips. Naruto nodded and patted the bed lightly gesturing for Sasuke to sit beside him. Sasuke made his way beside Naruto and waited patiently for Iruka to continue.

"Well Sasuke, you see. Naruto grew up in an orphanage before coming here and I know you already know that." he paused and smiled when he noticed Sasuke nod slightly. "Well, I might guess correctly but Naruto has spoken of Gaara before, right?" he questioned. Sasuke furrowed his brows but nodded anyways. "Well okay, the thing is, after Naruto left. Slowly everyone was getting adopted and I'm not saying that it was a bad thing just that I knew I was going to miss them. Heh they will always be my little ones. But one child was left and It was Gaara. He was the last to remain until he was 12, when he was claimed in his own village. Somehow word got around and his father came to get him. Soon after Gaara was brought back home, I had no children to look after and decided to start teaching and I happened to stumble upon Naruto once again." Iruka paused to reminisce of their reunion after so many years.

"Surely enough I began to see many of the old faces that I raised and basically became a traveling teacher to most of them except Gaara though. Not long after he was taken back into Suna, his father had been murdered and everything was entrusted to him and his two other siblings. They didn't seem to get along that well before he went missing, and I'm not going to go into detail about that unless Naruto wants to tell you. But anyways, he had to study under many well known families like the Hyuga's."

'So that explains why he was there at that time…' Sasuke thought to himself, returning his attention back toward Iruka.

"He is basically head of his village now, but is still working to attain the knowledge in order to be cable of running it with out anyone's help. Personally, I think that that is an wise decision and I wouldn't be able to do that if I were him" Iruka said while shrugging his shoulders.

Sasuke noticed Naruto flinch from the corner of his eye and crocked his eye when he saw a blush appear on those tan cheeks. He questioned himself as to why Naruto would be blushing and that's when it hit him. 'Could it possibly be that Naruto's blushing because Iruka was talking about Gaara?' Sasuke wondered. He brought his fingers to the bridge of his noise and sighed deeply, excusing himself so he could go to his room.

He was suddenly pulled back down onto the bed which completely caught him off guard and closed his eyes waiting for the landing to come. He fell with a small plop and felt weight being shifted on top of him and slowly opened his eyes to see Naruto straddling his hips. He blinked a few times, trying to wake himself from the daze.

"Naruto? Is something wrong.? Sasuke asked puzzled. Naruto quickly glanced back to Iruka who suddenly made his way to the door, but not without letting a snicker escape his lips.

Naruto twiddled his thumbs and seemed to be looking for the words to say. He opened his mouth but closed it suddenly when Sasuke tried to sit up.

"No! Sasuke I have to explain to you why I was acting so strange earlier! don't go please!" Naruto cried, trying to pin Sasuke back onto the bed. Sasuke stared at the blond on top of him and chuckled lightly. A bright red blush appeared on the blonds cheeks and he scratched his head hesitantly. "Well, umm Sasuke, you see… I don't know what came over me really.. I just… I don't know… I.. ah.. Umm…" he tried to explain but Sasuke could already tell that he couldn't. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's wrists and pulled him down into a kiss.

Naruto was completely unprepared for it and automatically opened his mouth to gasp but ultimately gave Sasuke the entrance he was waiting for. The raven released Naruto's wrists and gripped his hips making sure that the blond wouldn't fall. He was amazed about how submissive Naruto was being at the moment but he didn't really care as to why. Small moans and gasps escaped the blond lips telling Sasuke that he need to breath. Reluctantly, Sasuke pulled away first making a popping noise putting the emphasis of the passionate kiss while licking his lips seductively.

"Hah… Sasuke don't do that out of the blue again. I was trying to tell you something important." the blond wined when he wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "I wanted to tell you about Gaara though." he muttered under his breath.

'Gaara? Da hell? What about Gaara?' Sasuke thought bitterly. He seriously didn't want to hear about that red head right now and Naruto seemed to insist on saying his name. He scowled and sent a glare to Naruto who flinched under the intense gaze.

"I-I'm sorry Sasuke I didn't mean to make you angry…" the blond tried to apologize. Sasuke 'tsk'ed and pushed Naruto off of him, making the blond land on the bed. He looked at Naruto before he made his way out of the room and down the hall. Naruto stared at the retreating back of the raven and whimpered softly into his palms.

'Why do I have to be so stupid sometimes!' he scolded himself. 'I always make Sasuke mad. I can never do anything right.' the blond thought. He sat on the bed and cried softly making sure that Iruka wouldn't hear him.

Sasuke changed his shirt and was making his way downstairs so he could get ready to got meet his sensei. He wanted to take Naruto with him but he couldn't believe how stupid he had just acted toward his blond. He stood in the kitchen and sighed. He looked for blond maid who happened to be in the kitchen at the time.

"Can you go and fetch Naruto for me. He needs to come with me and we need to leave now. So make sure he comes down within the next five minutes." he ordered the blond. She squealed and practically ran up the stairs to get Naruto.

She found the blond changing his shirt and pants and knocked on the door softly letting him know she was there. He glanced over his shoulder and noticed it was her and pulled on a smile.

"Oh umm Naruto-sama I'm glad at caught you while you were changing!" she giggled lightly. Naruto rose his brow slightly wonder by what she meant behind the comment. He passed the comment for now she when she spoke again. "Well, Sasuke-san wants you to come down and accompany him. He said its urgent that you come within the next five minutes though ." she bowed smiling. He laughed softly and finished buttoning his shirt.

"Oh ok. Thank you Ino. Tell him ill be down right now." the blond said sweetly. She dismissed herself and went to inform Sasuke. He inwardly giggled when he realized why she had said her earlier comment. 'For a second there, I thought she meant something else.' he thought happily. Naruto finished buckling his pants and pulled his shoes on and met Sasuke outside near the car. He didn't even look Sasuke in the eyes, terrified at what he might say. He didn't want to upset the raven anymore than he did so he just gazed at the ground silently.

"I really detest this place." Sasuke groaned as they pulled into the Hyuga mansion. Naruto sat in his seat staring outside the entire time they were driving. For once he didn't feel like speaking and decided to keep quiet, for he didn't want to confront Sasuke's mood again.

But on the other hand, having his blond quiet and not speaking the entire time they were, driving was making the Uchiha go insane. He was never really the one to strike up a conversation, it was always Naruto, so Sasuke had no idea what to say.

They had barley made it up to the two large double doors before they were greeted by a few maids ready to take them inside. A tall and lanky man escorted them both the main room and they waited a few minutes before Neji walked in. Naruto tensed when the brunette waltz in but relaxed when the Hyuga sent a hurtful smile his way. He could tell by the sad expression that the brunette was sorry for what he had done. He ushered Sasuke and Naruto into a room and they sat there glancing at each other for about 20 minutes.

Naruto groaned loudly when Sasuke's teacher walked in. The particular teacher seemed to always arrive late no matter what the occasion was. Naruto stared at the man questioning his appearance. His silver spiky hair sat on top of his head in a funny fashion, and the mask that covered his face made him look suspicious. Not to mention the scar that ran down his left eye.

'I'll never understand why Iruka-sensei likes him so much. He seems like a closet perv.' Naruto thought to himself. He twirled with his hair, waiting for the teacher to begin.

"Sorry Sasuke to make you come to the Hyuga's home for your lesson but it seems more logical this way." the masked man said. "And besides, it's better this way ne?"

Sasuke and Neji stared at the teacher dully, implying that he should begin with the lesson already. The masked teacher chuckled nervously and sat down while opening a book.

"Kakashi-sensei, let's get on with this already. I don't intend to stay here longer than I need to." Sasuke spat in a menacing tone. He glanced at Neji to see his response but was surprised to find the brunette looking passively at the teacher. Like he was unfazed with the spiteful comment. Either way, Sasuke didn't care.

Naruto sighed and jumped from his place on the table and made his way toward the door. "Sasuke I'm going to wander around for awhile because your lessons bore me to tears. Especially since Kakashi-sensei teaches them." the blond said bluntly. He closed the door quickly behind him, making sure to catch a glimpse of the perverted teacher slouch over in defeat.

Naruto roamed the Hyuga's rooms, trying to remember the path he took last time. He managed to get lost a few times, only to be rescued by a passing maid. He was popping his head into all the room he chanced upon revealing some very peculiar rooms. He shrugged them off as he meandered further into the house, getting lost in his thoughts. He continue to walk until he crashed into someone, making him fall back roughly onto the carpet.

He got up and rubbed his bottom where he had fallen and immediately made it his priority to apologize to the person he walked into.

"I'm soooooo sorry I didn't mean-" he began but stopped when he realized who he had bumped into. The red head stared at him, not comprehending who was in front of him. "Gaara! I- I I-I sorry! I mean I'm glad to see you! No I mean I'm so clumsy I should've seen where I was going!" he said while flailing his arms around frantically trying emphasize his apology.

Gaara smiled gently and held a hand out to help the blond up. For some reason those unsettling feelings in the pit of his stomach began to act up again. As Naruto took Gaara's hand, a small blush appeared on his cheeks, making the red head's smile broaden. Naruto patted his knees, trying to brush off the imaginary dirt, because he couldn't think of anything worth value to say.

This puzzled Naruto so. He never ceased to run his mouth unless he was in a bad mood, but for some reason he couldn't say anything. 'Could I talk about myself? No. I should ask him how he's doing. Yes! That sounds better!' Naruto thought. 'Wait, why am I second guessing myself? Is it because of Gaara?' he tried to understand.

Gaara noticed the blond having a internal fight within himself, and took the opportunity to thoroughly inspect Naruto's body. 'Hm.. He still has that incredible aura surrounding him, I wonder how he seems to keep himself happy all the time.' Gaara thought while glancing at Naruto's face. 'Those beautiful ocean orbs still radiate such love and passion…'

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'Wait… beautiful?…'

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"Naruto…" Gaara spoke softly, catching his attention.

Gaara knew these feelings meant something important, but he knew it was different than what he felt during childhood. He knew it was something more and his heart thumped loudly in his chest when he remembered the kiss they shared.

"Gaara?" Naruto asked slightly confused. His heart sped up as the red head inched closer to him. Relinquishing the distance between them. His breath hitched when Gaara's hand landed softly on his cheek, deepening the blush on his face, reaching his ears. Gaara's hand slid down Naruto's cheek, tracing his jaw line, and finally stopping behind Naruto's neck.

'Why is this feeling returning?!' Naruto screamed in his head. He couldn't stop the relentless thumping in his chest when the red heads lips twitched slightly. He stepped back slowly when Gaara stepped closer. He was beginning to lose all his senses as soon as Gaara's lips descended upon his own, capturing him in a placid kiss.

"Mnnh!" Naruto moaned into the kiss, grabbing onto Gaara's shirt for dear life. He was drowning in the wonderful bliss, feeling as if he were falling into a trance. The red heads tongue traced the blonds bottom lip, begging for entrance. Naruto, completely losing all his senses, parted his lips slightly and gave Gaara the permission he was seeking. His tongue skillfully slid inside and began mapping out the hot cavern, earning another moan from the blond.

Gaara completely engrossed in the kiss, didn't even notice Naruto trembling in his arms. Naruto had to shake Gaara's shoulders to get his attention, telling him he needed to breath. Gaara reluctantly pulled back, sighing contently. He placed his hand back on Naruto's cheek and smiled when he realized how red Naruto had gotten.

Naruto leaned against the wall for support so he could steady his breathing and hesitantly glanced at Gaara who was busy moving his hair from his face. Naruto traced his lips, still feeling the tingling sensation from just moments ago. The corners of his lips turned upward slightly into a smile which didn't go unnoticed by the red head. 'Gaara… and I kissed…' the blond thought. 'Gaara and I kissed..'

'Wait! Gaara and I kissed! So that must mean that Gaara must-' the blond frantically processed the information in his mind. His thoughts bounced around simultaneously trying to grasp the answer behind it all. Naruto's mind finally came down the one conclusion. He stared into the pale teal eyes and readied himself for the question he so wanted to dearly ask.

"Gaara, why did you kiss me?…"

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Soooooooooooooo there you go! Awesome yeah! Got it done finally! Tell me what you all think bout it so far! Yes and I know its been awhile since I uploaded a chapter but I was desperately trying to come up with a way Naruto and Gaara would meet again without Sasuke butting in or being near them. And of course I had to pair Iruka and Kakashi together! There just so cute.

So please read and review, and until next time…

-Urahara